Ever wished you could carry around Thomson's TO7-70 in your pocket? Homebrew developer Zx-81 can't make life any easier, now that PSPThom version 1.2.0 for the Sony PlayStation Portable is out. As the final build, PSPThom version 1.2.0 intends to bring the ultimate handheld TO7-70 experience. Don't miss out on its new features listed in the full article.




Download: PSPThom v1.2.0 (3.xx)
Download: PSPThom v1.2.0 (1.50)
Download: PSPThom v1.2.0 (source code)
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Season's greetings are coming in, courtesy of Zx-81. The developer has just announced the release of his special Christmas homebrew pack. Each pack contains a compilation of the dev's previous works, which ranges from homebrew applications to games, calculators, and emulators. More details await in the full article.

The last time we saw PSP homebrew developer Zx-81's PSPThom project was back in March with its version 1.0.4 release. This time, the dev has released another version for the homebrew emulator and it is now spiffed up with PSP Slim & Lite compatibility.

For those who missed the earlier versions of this homebrew emulator, PSPThom is an emulator for the Thomson TO7 home computer based on previous PC emulators by Sylvain Huet and Eric Botcazou. Anyway, today's PSPThom release is tagged as version 1.1.0. It now sports IR keyboard support, among other things. Here's this version's changelog from the release thread:

• IR keyboard support!
• New speed limiter function
• Add option to display fps rate
• Now compatible with custom firmwares 3.x and PSP-slim
• Add a simple intro splash screen
• Option to prevent the blue led to be displayed when
• L or R are pressed
• Support iso8859-1 fonts in print text functions
• (might be useful to translate menus in german, french ...)
• Bug fix and code cleaning

Anyway, PSP homebrew dev Zx-81 also released the source code for PSPThom with versions for custom firmwares 1.50 and 3.xx so there's enough love for everybody. Check out the readme file and the COPYING text file for more info.

Download: PSPThom v1.1.0 (FW 3.xx)
Download: PSPThom v1.1.0 (FW 1.50)
Download: PSPThom v1.1.0 (src)
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If the name Zx-81 begins to sound familiar, then you've probably been checking out the emulators section here at QJ. For today, this homebrew coder announces the latest addition to our PSP emulator collection with a PSPThom application, updated to version 1.0.4.

In case you're asking, PSPThom is a PSP-based application derived from the PC-based Thom emulator, which was built into the Thomson TO7 series of home computers. It was originally written by Sylvain Huet for MacOS, Windows, and Unix in 1996, and was eventually continued by Eric Botcazou. Now, as for this application's latest changes: 

• Disk image (in .sap format) are now supported
• Add option to choose the Basic rom version
• New feature to toggle automatically between Basic rom version (depending if a tape or disk image is loaded)
• Add new commands to run tape/disk games
• Add a file (run.txt) to specify association between
• the disk/tape name and the name of the command to
• Run (for example file yyy.sap -> LOADM"xxx",,R)
• New icons from Gelon
• New background image

Make sure to view the file's README for full installation instructions and controls. The pack also contains a GNU public license, so guys planning to make a modified version of PSPThom may want to check that out as well. And as we're on the subject of emulators, be sure to check out Zx-81's latest works for PSPSIM or PSPYape for more retro gaming info. Enjoy your download!

Download: PSPThom: A TO7-70 emulator for PSP v1.0.4
Visit: PSP Development Forum

Zx-81 must subsist on Energizer batteries or something. Lately his emulators have come in little care packages, several at a time. Some staff have joked about setting up a betting pool on how many hours until Zx reveals the latest version of one of his PSP projects. Either way, he is one hard worker.

So here's the other emulator that popped in our forums, right in the heels of his MSX emu. This one's v1.0.3 of his PSPTHOM TO7-70 emulator, an upgrade from the v1.0.2 (ultimate) from way back in November. Well, changelog and download links after this, and then Zx-81 takes a well-deserved five. Even Energizer bunnies need to flake off once in a while.

• New graphical functions with new smoother render modes. It uses the PSP GPU for rendering, it does not run faster, but it's a lot smoother. (Really, he has been into getting that GPU up and running in many of his emulators lately)
• Bug fix in Rom file requester
• Bug fix in keyboard handler

Download: PSPTHOM: A TO7-70 emulator for PSP v1.0.3
Discuss: PSP development forum

 

If you've been checking out a lot of the recent emulator releases, you may have noticed a commonality among them. Gelon's been making icons and backgrounds for the different emulators, such as for the Atari 2600 and the Commodore Plus emulators. Zx-81 talked Gelon into doing something extra special for the emulator fans out there, and so we now can benefit from a downloadable icon pack for those emulators.

Gelon's Icons Pack features icons for the following emulators:

• ColecoVision (PSPColem)
• Thomson-TO7 (PSPThom, the Ultimate Version)
• Sinclair Zx81 (The PSPZX81)
  
• Atari 7800
• Atari 2600.

If you like what you see, or even if you find yourself using these for your personal backgrounds (nostalgia and all that), make sure you give some props to Gelon and Zx-81 for the icons and the emulators themselves. Enjoy!

Download: [Gelon's Icons Pack]

Zx-81 has taken his PSPThom from final version to ultimate version! PSPThom v1.0.2 (ultimate) has the following features:

• Bug fixed in Render mode x1.25 (missing pixels)
• Added help menu
• Increased the volume
  

According to Zx this should really be the last release unless other major bugs surface.

PSPThom v1.0.2 (ultimate) is one of the best emulators for the Thompson home computer running on Mac OS, Windows, and Unix. The emulator faithfully imitates the TO7-70 mode and we'll throw in a little history lesson here. The TO7-70 was introduced by Thomson in 1984 with 16 colors, 48 RAM & 22 KB ROM, and with the better keyboard. End of lesson. Now back to PSPThom v1.0.2.

To install PSPThom v1.0.2 (ultimate)

• Unzip the zip file, and copy the content of the directory fw2.x or fw1.5 on the psp/game directory.
• Put your snapshot files generated using the Windows version of Caprice32 on "snap" sub-directory, or disk image on "disk" sub-directory.
• It has been developed on linux for Firmware 1.5 and i hope it works also for 2.x using the great eloader (0.99x).

As for this homebrew emulator's controls (there are three different mapping: standard, left trigger, and right Trigger mappings) and other technical stuff, just have to check the readme file.

Download: [PSPThom v1.0.2 (ultimate)]